kwelea
Markdown Extensions
Kwelea extends standard Markdown with three features: admonitions, D2 diagrams, and Chroma syntax highlighting. All are rendered at build time — no JavaScript required for the output.
Admonitions
Use ::: container blocks to draw attention to important content.
Syntax:
::: info
This is an informational note.
:::
::: tip
A helpful tip for the reader.
:::
::: warning
Something to be careful about.
:::
::: danger
A critical warning — data loss, security risk, etc.
:::
::: details Click to expand
Hidden content shown when the reader expands it.
:::
Available types: info, tip, warning, danger, details
The details type renders as a native HTML <details>/<summary> element — collapsible with no JavaScript.
The title in the admonition label is derived from the type name. You cannot customise it.
The ::: fence must be at the start of the line with no leading whitespace.
How are admonitions implemented?
Admonitions are a custom goldmark block extension (internal/parser/admonitions.go). The ::: fence is parsed into an AST node and rendered to <div class="admonition admonition-{type}">.
D2 Diagrams
Use a fenced code block with the d2 language tag to embed diagrams.
```d2
direction: right
user -> server -> database
```
Output: Two SVGs are rendered at build time — one for light mode, one for dark mode. The correct one is shown based on the [data-theme] attribute on <html>, with no JavaScript required.
Example — a request flow:
D2 diagrams support most D2 syntax, including:
- Connections with labels:
a -> b: "label" - Shapes:
x: { shape: cylinder } - Groups:
group { a; b; c }
Keep diagrams simple. Complex diagrams with many nodes can be hard to read at documentation site widths.
Syntax highlighting
Fenced code blocks are highlighted by Chroma at build time. Specify the language after the opening fence:
```go
func main() {
fmt.Println("hello")
}
```
The highlighting CSS is generated once at build time from the themes configured in kwelea.toml:
[theme]
light_code_theme = "github"
dark_code_theme = "github-dark"
Any Chroma style is valid. Light and dark themes are emitted as separate CSS classes, toggled by [data-theme] on <html>.